Castle building and total destruction sim, Stronghold 3, has gone gold and will be arriving on PC worldwide on October 25. So man your trebuchets or grab some of that tar! Normal people have those things in their homes, righ...

Do you think castles are awesome? Of course you do; everybody does. How about torturing naughty peasants in order to keep the rest of the population in line? Me too!

Stronghold 3 is for those of us who miss the days when strategy and simulation were best friends -- that time when destroying your enemy and managing your food output went together like pickled eggs and beer.

It’s been over six years since Firefly Studios released Stronghold 2 to poor reviews and a mixed fan reception. From what I saw of Stronghold 3, they've spent the last six years heeding the suggestions of critics and thinking of a few ideas to get the series to turn heads again.